Chicago taxpayers could spend $4.5 million to compensate the family of a 43-year-old mother of three who was struck and killed by a driver fleeing a traffic stop in Englewood nearly four years ago.The latest in a seemingly endless parade of settlements tied to deadly police chases is on the agenda at Monday’s meeting of the City Council’s Finance Committee.If approved by the committee and the Council, the money would go to the estate of Lakisel Thomas, who was mowed down in broad daylight while crossing the street to pick up lunch for her son in February 2021.Thomas was struck and killed by 20-year-old Isaac Wade, who stopped briefly, then sped away from Chicago police officers who approached his vehicle after pulling Wade over for an improperly displayed registration tag.Prosecutors said the officers followed behind Wade as he sped off in his sister's Chevrolet Equinox and talked to his girlfriend over video chat. Wade was traveling at 80 mph, while the cops were going 30 mph.Wade then blew through a red light at Racine Avenue and 74th Street, according to police. He crashed into another vehicle before his car ricocheted and struck Thomas. She suffered a broken neck and other injuries, dying a short time later at St. Bernard Hospital. Related Yet another settlement tied to deadly, high-speed police chase Proposed $2 million settlement tied to another police chase turned deadly READ: More Sun-Times coverage of lawsuits, news events and policy changes affecting police Wade was subsequently charged with reckless homicide and was admonished by a Cook County judge."A vehicle is a weapon when someone is driving fast, when someone's not driving safe for conditions, when someone is driving at a high rate of speed just because they don't want to be stopped by police," Judge Arthur Wesley Willis said at the time.Officers responding to the crash said they saw Wade throw an "L-shaped" object by the passenger side of the car where his cousin was sitting. They later found a gun on the car's floorboard, prosecutors said.Wade claimed the gun belonged to his cousin, who he said encouraged him to flee the stop because his cousin was on electronic monitoring for a pending weapons case. Wade's cousin said the gun was Wade's, according to prosecutors.At the time of the fatal crash, Wade was free on bond in an attempted murder case and was facing charges of aggravated robbery as a juvenile. He was also awaiting sentencing in juvenile court for armed robbery and aggravated unlawful use of a weapon. Isaac Wade. Chicago Police Department Wade's defense attorney called the crash an "accident” in which “unfortunately somebody died.”Over the years, Chicago taxpayers have shelled out millions to innocent pedestrians, motorists and passengers killed or injured during police pursuits gone bad — even though the department's vehicular chase policy has been repeatedly overhauled.The largest police chase settlement in Chicago history — $45 million — was authorized last year.It went to Nathen Jones, who suffered a “massive traumatic brain injury” that left him on a feeding tube, unable to walk or speak.Two other especially costly settlements stemmed from police pursuits on the same weekend in June 1999.LaTanya Haggerty, 26, and Robert Russ, 22, both Black and unarmed, were shot to death by officers after separate police pursuits, touching off a summer filled with protests about alleged police brutality. Those incidents led to a combined $27.6 million in payments to their families.The $4.5 million settlement is among six on Monday's Finance Committee agenda. The grand total for all of the payouts up for committee approval is $39.35 million.